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annually and suggest modifications to the ethical standards of conduct applicable to Roseville public officials. 2. That the Commission and City Council consider not only minimum compliance standards of ethical conduct, the violation of which may expose a public official to some form of discipline, but also aspirational ethical goals. In this review, the Commission should clarify the distinction between actions that are "per se" unethical and actions the general public would consider laudatory or would build public trust in government. The Task Force specifically recommends that the Ethics Commission look to the City of Dayton, Ohio's Ethic's Code for possible aspirational ethical goals. Further, the Ethics Commission should consider amending page 6 of the Ethics Resolution relating to conflicts of interest arising due to membership in certain organizations. 3. That the Ethics Commission and the City Council consider removing from the list of ethical improprieties those behaviors or activities that can best be described as crimes. Certainly, criminal conduct such as offering or accepting bribes is unethical, but the investigation and punishment of crimes resides with law enforcement agencies and not the Commission. 4. That the Commission not be given subpoena power. 5. That the Commission and the City Council consider making it an ethical violation for the subject of an ethics complaint to refuse to respond in good faith to the Commission's reasonable requests for information, 6. That the investigatory role of the Commission be made time- sensitive. The Task Force recommends that the Commission spend no more than 60 calendar days investigating allegations of ethical misconduct in any single complaint following the meeting at which the Commission determines that an ethics complaint requires investigation. The Ethics Commission may extend its investigation one-time for 30 days unless the City Council expressly rejects such an extension at its next regular meeting. 7. That the Commission decides at an early point in reviewing an ethics complaint whether to appoint one of its own members as an investigator or to appoint an outside investigator. It is difficult and time-consuming for a five-member citizen volunteer body collectively to investigate a matter. 8. That the ethics code of conduct be amended to clarify the standard by which, first, the Commission and, then, the Council 3